# Stupid Religious news of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132 "2013-09-06T00:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/1 "2013-09-06T00:45:15Z")
The Republicans, liberals, and gun people should not have all the fun. This thread is for the funny, stupid, and eye-rolling shit that people for–and against–ANY religion on the planet say and do. What it is NOT for is the repetitious, generic “My religion’s best,” or “All religions are bad,” crap we have to put up with out of certain posters in every thread with the slightest fucking hint that such comments can be shoehorned it. I’m looking at you, **Der Trihs** and **lekatt** , but not only you. Violations of this simple rule will cause me to get very cross. I mean, **kanicbird** and others can get amusingly insane, but as soon as I get bored I’ll get stern. :mad: To start it out, I bring you a black pastor who sent an email requesting that all the diverse church’s greeters be white, especially during this, the most profitable time of the year. > [@](#): > > Controversy has sparked at a north Charlotte church after a pastor sent an email asking that “only white people” stand at the front door to greet the congregation. > > A viewer contacted WBTV after getting an email from Pastor Makeda Pennycooke, an African-American woman, at Freedom House Church along **Salome Church Road**. > > The email was sent to a group of church volunteers who act as greeters for the church’s 9 a.m. service. > … > In the email, Pastor Pennycooke reminds volunteers that fall is one of the busiest times of year for the church. > > “We anticipate having an increase in the number of people visiting and attending Freedom House over the next few weeks,” Pastor Pennycooke says in the email. > > She then says that “first impressions matter” and says the church wants “the best of the best on the front doors.” > > “We are continuing to work to bring our racial demographic pendulum back to mid-line,” she continued in the email. “So we would like to ask that only white people be on the front doors.” > … > Pennycooke then acknowledges the request is a “sensitive situation” and said quality trumps quantity. > > “We would rather have less greeters on the front door if it means that the few that we have will represent us the best,” Pastor Pennycooke wrote. [Charlotte pastor: "Only white people" at front door of church](http://www.wbtv.com/story/23318847/pastor-e-mail-only-white-people-at-front-door-of-church) However, I suspect I’m not the only person reading this who wants to check out the [Salome](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Bernardino_Luini_-_Salome_with_the_Head_of_St_John_the_Baptist_-_WGA13769.jpg) Church down the road. Link is SFW, which is surprising since most artists paint her naked. ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/2 "2013-09-06T01:15:38Z")
Dropzone Thanks for starting this thread. In Manitoba, Canada, a bill is before the legislature which would prohibit bullying on grounds of sexual orientation. Private denominational schools are opposed because such anti-bullying legislation would interfere with their anti-gay teachings. A part of this bill specifically states that LGBT associations in schools would be protected. > **[Sep 2013: Public opinion mixed on anti-bullying bill](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2013/09/05/public-opinion-mixed-on-anti-bullying-bill)** > > BILL 18 is driven more by a political agenda to appease a small minority than a way to protect young people from bullies, a legislative committee heard Wednesday night. It’s also so poorly writt... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/3 "2013-09-06T01:38:26Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > However, I suspect I’m not the only person reading this who wants to check out the [Salome](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Bernardino_Luini_-_Salome_with_the_Head_of_St_John_the_Baptist_-_WGA13769.jpg) Church down the road. Link is SFW, which is surprising since most artists paint her naked. But she is giving someone head. 😃 Looks like a blue-plate special, too. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/4 "2013-09-06T02:22:33Z")
> [@Athabasca](#): > > Dropzone > > Thanks for starting this thread. (bowing) I live to serve. (I think I have my new signature! I’m glad SOMEBODY here recognizes quality when they see it. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/5 "2013-09-06T02:27:33Z")
It’s a week or two old, but Pat Robertson’s claim that gays have special razor-edged rings they use to cut people when they shake hands, in order to spread AIDS, must certainly rank as one of the stupidest religious-based claims of the century. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/6 "2013-09-06T02:36:07Z")
Well, I have nothing new and astonishing to bring to the thread, but I can tell that I’d better order some more eye-rolling smilies, because the posts are gonna need extras. I think that we also need some head-desk smilies, IF we ever start producing new models. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/7 "2013-09-06T04:17:27Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > To start it out, I bring you a black pastor who sent an email requesting that all the diverse church’s greeters be white, especially during this, the most profitable time of the year. [Charlotte pastor: "Only white people" at front door of church](http://www.wbtv.com/story/23318847/pastor-e-mail-only-white-people-at-front-door-of-church) [Is this the good Reverend Pastor Pennycooke?](http://www.morethings.com/fan/boondocks/return_of_stinkmeaner450.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/8 "2013-09-06T13:50:57Z")
[Gay couples should die on their wedding day.](http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/09/pastor-kevin-swanson-tell-gay-couples-to-die-on-their-wedding-day/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/9 "2013-09-06T14:52:52Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > It’s a week or two old, but Pat Robertson’s claim that gays have special razor-edged rings they use to cut people when they shake hands, in order to spread AIDS, must certainly rank as one of the stupidest religious-based claims of the century. I sent a letter to ABC Family for letting that asshole occupy their airspace. That has got to be a violation of a morals clause. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/10 "2013-09-06T15:47:04Z")
This one’s been going on since at least May, but in Kountze (I’d be careful how you pronounce that), TX, the local Independent School District (ISD) has been mired in a battle with its own cheerleaders over whether the cheerleaders can display large pro-christian banners during football games. The latest development apparently is that the ACLU has agreed to help argue the ISD’s case in favor of the ban. [http://www.12newsnow.com/story/23352781/aclu-joins-kountze-isd-in-legal-effort-to-ban-religious-signs-at-school-events](http://www.12newsnow.com/story/23352781/aclu-joins-kountze-isd-in-legal-effort-to-ban-religious-signs-at-school-events) > [@](#): > > Prior to kickoff, the cheerleaders at Kountze High School take their place on the field, near the home end zone, and hoist massive banners featuring Bible verses as part of the football team’s grand entrance. For example, one banner proclaimed, “I can do all things through CHRIST which strengthens me.” It included a biblical citation to “Phil. 4:13” and the “T” in “CHRIST” was painted to resemble a wooden cross. Another banner declared, “But thanks be to God, which gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” I note that the Kountze Lions’ 2012 record was 5-5-0, which suggests that God may not be as big a football fan as the cheerleaders seem to think. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/11 "2013-09-06T15:55:10Z")
Sorry, missed edit window: > [@](#): > > I note that the Kountze Lions’ 2012 record was 5-5-0, which suggests that God may not be as big a football fan as the cheerleaders seem to think. Either that, or their football team is so crappy that only God’s intervention can deliver even a .500 season. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/12 "2013-09-06T16:02:51Z")
Does this count? I read this yesterday, but I don’t remember enough details to find the story again, so this is from memory. I guess the actual incident happened a while back, the news story was about the trial. One man invited two friends over to his house to (I think) watch sports on TV and drink and stuff. They got into an argument over religion, with the host trying to persuade the other two to be more religious. At least one of them mocked him about “where was your God when you lost that game?” and similar things. At some point, the host walked into the other room, grabbed an illegally-owned AK-15 (I think) and shot the guy six times and killed him. He also wounded the third guy. He is pleading manslaughter because, according to his lawyer, “he was provoked.” Of course, this could also go under the stupid gun news thread. It’s just so wrong in so many ways. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/13 "2013-09-06T16:09:50Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > shot the guy six times and killed him. He probably needed killin’ what with all his sinnin’ and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/14 "2013-09-06T16:56:19Z")
A Michigan woman has recreated the last supper – savior and all – out of laundry lint. No, it’s not some weird new spin (cycle) on the Da Vinci code… but a massive painting 14 feet long and 4 feet high – and it took Laura Bell about 200 hours to make (not to mention nearly 800 hours of laundry loads). And now, it’s a proud new addition to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! collection. Ripley’s spokesman Tim O’Brien says the painting is everything Ripley likes in a piece of art. “We have smaller lint art pieces in our collection, but what hit us about this one is its immense size,” he told me. “That combined with the amazing color she was able to get from natural lint to the details of the characters make this one great piece of art, albeit a very non-mainstream piece artistic endeavor.” Link [here.](A Michigan woman has recreated the last supper – savior and all – out of laundry lint.) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/15 "2013-09-06T17:00:25Z")
That’s actually kind of fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/16 "2013-09-06T17:00:59Z")
Link doesn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/17 "2013-09-06T17:04:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I sent a letter to ABC Family for letting that asshole occupy their airspace. That has got to be a violation of a morals clause. IIRC when Robertson sold his television properties the deal included a clause that whatever network emerged out of the shuffling would still run The 700 Club. So, ABC Family is running it, but just out of obligation. I’m sure they would replace it with whatever teen-tested-mom-approved garbage is in heavy rotation, if they could. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/18 "2013-09-06T17:06:14Z")
[How 'bout this link?](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freerepublic.com%2Ffocus%2Fchat%2F2656942%2Fposts&ei=SwsqUpylOoaIygHu3IDwAw&usg=AFQjCNEQx_944P01atSI0AbhUHNgkZUtgA&sig2=4ou3fRAyRjydwVKFPZykZg&bvm=bv.51773540,d.aWc&cad=rjt) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/19 "2013-09-06T17:47:36Z")
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**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132/20 "2013-09-06T17:47:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Gay couples should die on their wedding day.](http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/09/pastor-kevin-swanson-tell-gay-couples-to-die-on-their-wedding-day/) > [@](#): > > Swanson accused gay “fascists” of attacking the Oregon bakery, telling listeners “that the Nazi Party had their birth at a homosexual bar in Berlin…. This is what homosexuals do best and they will engage in their Pink Mafia effort to control and shut down businesses that do not cooperate with their agenda.” This isn’t stupid. It’s genius. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-news-of-the-day/668132.md?page=2)